this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
66 points (98.5% liked)

World News

3238 readers
283 users here now

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.

^Previous\ megathread^

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 day ago

❗️Statement by Hamas:

"The terrorist occupation (israel) authorities' continued closure of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque for the 19th consecutive day under flimsy pretexts, preventing prayers, including the Taraweeh and night prayers inside it, and repeatedly assaulting worshippers attempting to pray in its proximity, represents an ongoing series of systematic attacks on freedom of worship, and a blatant escalation in attempts to impose a dangerous Judaizing reality, aimed at altering the status quo in Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

We in the Hamas Movement warn of the repercussions of the fascist occupation's measures against the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which coincide with increasing terrorist incitement campaigns by so-called extremist "Temple" groups. We affirm that all these decisions and measures are null and void, issued by an illegitimate occupation authority, and they will not succeed in changing the Islamic identity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The continued closure of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque necessitates urgent and decisive action by the Islamic Ummah, with all its components, to prevent the occupation's encroachment on the first Qibla of Muslims and the third holiest site, intervene to halt the extensive violations against it, stop the restrictions on worshippers, and thwart its malicious plans against Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

We call upon the international community to condemn the occupation's violations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Palestine, as well as all the aggressive and provocative measures taken by the fascist occupation government, which further ignite tension in the region and the world."

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/54786